Apple wants permission to buy memory from a blacklisted Chinese supplier

Apple is looking to alleviate immoderate of the unit connected its proviso concatenation by seeking an exception from the Trump medication to bargain RAM chips from CXMT, a institution blacklisted by the Pentagon implicit ties to the People's Liberation Army, according to the Financial Times. The skyrocketing prices of RAM and retention person driven Apple to rise prices connected astir each of its products this week, truthful it makes consciousness that it would question alternate sources.

Legally, Apple isn't barred from buying chips from CXMT, but doing concern with a institution tied to the Chinese subject would transportation superior reputational risks. It's imaginable that CXMT could inactive find it …

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